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====Potential====
====Potential====
The '''potential mood''' indicates that, in the opinion of the speaker, one has the ability or capability to do something.  It should not be confused with the [[w:Subjunctive mood|subjunctive mood]], which may be used to express that something is likely or possible to occur.  The potential always deals with ability.  It may be formed from the ''t-stem'' of a verb, plus the thematic vowel ''-a-'' (as opposed to the [[w:Causative|causative voice]], which is formed with the ''t-stem'' plus the thematic vowel ''-i-'').  Like the desiderative, there are three main paradigms by which the ''t-stem'' of a verb is formed;
The '''potential mood''' indicates that, in the opinion of the speaker, one has the ability or capability to do something.  It should not be confused with the [[w:Subjunctive mood|subjunctive mood]], which may be used to express that something is likely or possible to occur.  The potential always deals with ability.  It may be formed from the ''t-stem'' of a verb, plus the thematic vowel ''-a-'' (as opposed to the [[w:Causative|causative voice]], which is formed with the ''t-stem'' plus the thematic vowel ''-i-'').  Like the desiderative, there are three main paradigms by which the ''t-stem'' of a verb is formed;
:*''-t-'' is appended to the root, causing no other alteration to the root.
::: '''''{{term|requiȥ}}''''' ("they return me") → '''''reqtaȥ''''' ("they can return me")
:::'''''{{term|saepiȥ}}''''' ("they are cutting me") → '''''saeptaȥ''''' ("they can cut me")
:*''-t-'' is appended after a theme vowel.
:::'''''{{term|praeffiliaȥ}}''''' ("they are paying me") → '''''praeffiliātaȥ''''' ("they can pay me")
:::'''''{{term|augeȥ}}''''' ("they are looking at me") → '''''augitaȥ''''' ("they can look at me")
:*''-t-'' is appended to the root, causing some alteration to the root, and perhaps the ''-t-'' augment as well.
:::'''''{{term|iuvaȥ}}''''' ("they are writing me") → '''''iūtaȥ''''' ("they can write me")
:::'''''{{term|mendiȥ}}''''' ("they are healing me") → '''''mēnsaȥ''''' ("they can heal me")
It should be noted that in the causative voice of the potential mood, the first ''-t-'' augment often dissimilates to ''-s/ss-'';
::'''''augitiȥ''''' ("they let me look at it") → ''**augitītaȥ'' → '''''augissītaȥ''''' ("they can let me look at it")
::'''''reqtiȥ''''' ("they let me return it") → ''**reqtītaȥ'' → '''''reξītaȥ''''' ("they can let me return it")


===Voice===
===Voice===
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